Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

Jared Polis to modify the state's law around Colorado's electric vehicle tax credit and make it available to ride-hailing fleets. . As a result of the changes in the Colorado law, Lyft was able to roll out what it says is the largest electric ride-hailing deployment in the U.S. Sponsored Article. Transportation & Mobility.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And the newly available data should make it easier for governments to enforce environmental laws and for climate change mitigation measures and aid flows to be more efficiently financed and targeted at the areas of greatest beneficial impact. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

They were led by José Bové , a left-wing activist famous for his skirmishes with the law and his tremendous moustache. This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Pull Quote. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

It’s the work of some leading players in this area: ReFED, a nonprofit that works on food waste; WWF; Natural Resources Defense Council; and Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Food Systems. Food Waste. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 21, 2021

Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Because ESG strategy should align with business strategy and focus on material risks and business drivers, the full board will want to understand the ESG messaging and how those risks are being mitigated. Contributors.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

federal statutes and regulations, many state laws increasingly rely on the chemical hazard criteria and analyses from REACH (the principal European chemical regulation) and other EU laws and regulations. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Our energy systems, like most legacy systems, are infused with racial injustices that do particular harm to Black communities, families and individuals because many of our laws and institutions were designed for that purpose. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

For more essays and articles by Shana Rapport, sign up for VERGE Weekly , one of our free newsletters. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Hacking solutions to 'time-sensitive' climate problems. Shana Rappaport. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 01:03. Innovation.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Under the proposed law, the first of its kind, coal, oil and gas companies would be required to report their methane emissions and take steps to avoid them. This article was amended on 16 November 2023 to make clear Flavia Sollazzo’s affiliation is with the European branch of Environmental Defense Fund.

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

The truck rule follows another California law ( passed in 2018 ) that says all new public transit buses sold must be zero-emission starting in 2029. This article is adapted from GreenBiz's weekly newsletter, Transport Weekly, running Tuesdays. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

Cheap electricity also will drive synthetic biology — the intersection of information and biotechnologies, where Moore's Law meets Mendel , the father of genetics. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Innovation.

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GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

There is concern that Moore’s Law , the idea that the number of transistors on integrated circuit will double every two years, is slowing down. This article first appeared in GreenBiz's weekly newsletter, VERGE Weekly, running Wednesdays. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

European law-makers are due to vote on a revised renewable energy directive next week, part of the EU’s Green New Deal to slash carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030. However, Tubiana, the ECF’s chief executive, tweeted that the article had misinterpreted her organisation’s position.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Additionally, researchers are hesitant to pursue this method due to a fraught history, including one experiment that potentially violated international law. Convention on the Law of the Sea and the London Convention and Protocol, predate the concept of ocean carbon dioxide removal. Sponsored Article. Contributors.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Because the International Maritime Organization (IMO) emissions drive isn't a law so much as a pledge, the task of finding alternative fuels and propulsion technologies falls on individual ports and the complicated structures in which vessels are owned. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

Law is one very important way of addressing the challenges of climate change. When monopoly utilities go out of their way to squash competition, solar advocates can use antitrust law to secure their rights. This article was originally posted at ilsr.org. The myth of the regulatory compact. The Salt River Project.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2020

For Shalanda Baker, a professor of law and public policy at Northeastern University, thinking about a clean energy future means thinking about the daily, weekly and sometimes invisible ways that people in deprived communities can control their power supply. Sponsored Article. Alec Appelbaum. Thu, 07/02/2020 - 01:15. Energy & Climate.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

Cities and counties often are required by state law to buy electricity from a regulated investor-owned utility (IOU) and lack the ability to choose their electricity supplier or generation source. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Policy & Politics.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The European Parliament is expected to vote on the law in the next 12 months.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 10, 2022

Without any evidence to prove PVinsights reporting solar prices against the Taiwan Fair Trade Law, released in the meeting notes of the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (FTC) Decision of the 1451st Commissioners' Meeting, the Taiwan FTC concluded that PVinsights no violation of Article 25 of the Taiwan Fair Trade Law.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. California has done exactly that. New York may offer an interesting model.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Every investment has ESG factors implicit because ALL investments happen on our one habitable planet, relying on humans to make/buy/do stuff, and the rules of law to govern systems and protect minority investors. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration. While this article provides select examples of steps being taken by companies and municipalities, corporate industry goals and action plans for VOC reduction remain unclear and inconsistent. Sponsored Article.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 275

GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2021

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999 (EPBC Act) — Australia's national environment law — makes it an offense for any person to take an action likely to have a significant impact on matters protected by the act unless they have the approval of the Australian environment minister. Sponsored Article.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The COGCC told Capital & Main that it can’t comment on pending legal matters, but acknowledged that Colorado passed a law in 2019 that transformed the commission’s mission from “fostering oil and gas development” to “regulating in a manner that is protective of public health, safety, welfare, wildlife and the environment.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In an article published on 9 November in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment , Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth, sets out his reasoning for the ambitious target. They also feel it is not realistic to expect countries to clear up all existing plastic pollution.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 30, 2023

I didn’t before I came across several articles on its impact to energy supply and offshore wind. The Jones Acts is a century old law that was designed to protect the maritime industry. The law requires any goods transported between U.S. Ever heard of the Jones Act? The key words in that description are century old.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2021

In order to be patentable, globally harmonized patent law requires innovations to be new and involve an inventive step. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Circular Economy. Innovation.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Cecilia Keating. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 00:30. Food & Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

And there is a need for a global standard so companies don’t just pick up and go somewhere where laws and protections are weaker. . Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Human Rights. Chemicals & Toxics. Courtesy of IRMA.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In compliance with the provisions of paragraph 8 of article 8 of Law 1437 of 2011 and Decree 1081 of 2015, the Ministry has enabled a space for citizens to submit their observations, comments and proposals until October 16, 2024. The full text of the draft decree can be accessed via this link (in Spanish).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

CLOs have to keep up with a rapidly evolving patchwork of state laws governing plastic use and disposal, driven by activists, regulators and consumers. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Chief legal officers . Circular Economy. Circularity 20. Shutterstock.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we’ll define what Carroll’s CSR pyramid is, before looking at how this pyramid can be adapted to meet today’s social demands. To obey the law, To be ethically responsible, To give to philanthropic causes. . Business Legal Responsibilities: Obey the Law. What is CSR.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

We think it is due to state school finance formulas and state- and county-level tax laws, and the incentives they provide to school administrators. The amount of tax revenue a school district gets from a wind energy installation depends on state and local laws and how those laws interact with state school finance formulas.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures are a critical function to assess customer risk and a legal requirement to comply with anti-money laundering laws. It’s also vital to expect all suppliers to meet — and where possible exceed — all applicable laws and regulations in force in the countries where your company operates. . Supply Chain.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She has contributed to law conferences, diplomatic events, and environmental summits as well as podcasts, interviews and articles for publications and broadcasters ranging from TIME Magazine to the New York Times and from The Guardian to the BBC. What she realized was that the aspect that protects our rights is actually criminal law.

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